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What do students at STEM ACADEMY AT HEDRICK MIDDLE actually talk about outside of class?
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Enrollment
872
Middle
DISTRICT 710 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEWISVILLE ISD·NCES 482730003070
STEM Academy at Hedrick Middle School
1526 BELLAIRE BLVD, LEWISVILLE, TX 75067 · (469) 713-5188 · Denton County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL872 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 19% of Texas public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public middle schools
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
64 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
656 students
DISTRICT 40% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 277 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 273 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 322 | 37% |
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
45.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +14.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
32.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -1.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 32 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 14 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 1 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 22.0% | 23.0% | 22.0% | 33.0% |
| Mathematics | 10.0% | 22.0% | 30.0% | 38.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 45.0% | 32.0% |
| 2024-25 | 43.0% | 33.0% |
| 2023-24 | 46.0% | 27.0% |
| 2022-23 | 37.0% | 27.0% |
| 2021-22 | 44.0% | 32.0% |
| 2020-21 | 31.0% | 33.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
33.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like STEM Academy at Hedrick Middle School
STEM Academy at Hedrick Middle School's state test result (33.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| STEM Academy at Hedrick Middle School this school | 872 | 75.2% | 33.1% |
| Perry Middle School CARROLLTON | 825 | 72.5% | 49.6% |
| Rudder Middle School SAN ANTONIO | 961 | 77.1% | 34.6% |
| Jackson Technology Center GARLAND | 1,157 | 71.8% | 52.1% |
| Westview Middle School AUSTIN | 770 | 72.6% | 24.7% |
| Sellers Middle School GARLAND | 852 | 82.9% | 39.8% |
Matched among Texas middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where STEM Academy at Hedrick Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Denton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.1% | #1,262 of 1,635 | #40 of 44 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #1,294 of 1,670 ▼ 104 | #38 of 47 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #1,278 of 1,670 ▼ 2 | #42 of 47 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.5pp | #1,017 of 1,570 | #30 of 44 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 872 | #447 of 1,749 | #18 of 47 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #490 of 1,542 | #14 of 47 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.7% | #796 of 1,543 | #42 of 47 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.2% | #615 of 1,648 | #4 of 44 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +30.5% | #81 of 437 | #4 of 17 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
872
+234 (+37%) vs 2020
+28% since 1990-91, when it was 681
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 11.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 872 | 64.1 | 13.6:1 | 75% (656) |
| 2023-24 | 872 | 67.4 | 12.9:1 | 78% (676) |
| 2022-23 | 850 | 66.1 | 12.9:1 | 79% (675) |
| 2020-21 | 638 | 54 | 11.8:1 | 65% (415) |
| 2017-18 | 668 | 60.3 | 11.1:1 | 68% (451) |
| 2015-16 | 717 | 58 | 12.4:1 | 66% (476) |
| 2010-11 | 609 | 63 | 9.7:1 | 56% (342) |
| 2000-01 | 924 | 66 | 14.0:1 | 19% (180) |
| 1990-91 | 681 | 43 | 15.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for STEM Academy at Hedrick Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 31% (668 to 872); teachers up 6% (60.3 to 64.1).
About STEM Academy at Hedrick Middle School
STEM Academy at Hedrick Middle School is a middle-grades school with a street address in LEWISVILLE, Texas. The school enrolls 872 students in grades 6 through 8. Across middle schools in Texas, the average enrollment is about 643.
District-wide, LEWISVILLE ISD has 62 schools and 47,876 students.
The student body at STEM Academy at Hedrick Middle School is 66% Hispanic. Other reported shares: 13% Asian, 10% White, 8% Black, and 3% multiracial. Denton County's residents are about 21% Hispanic, 46 points below the school's share. A diversity index of 53% means there is a 53% chance two randomly chosen students at STEM Academy at Hedrick Middle School are from different groups.
STEM Academy at Hedrick Middle School has 64.1 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.6:1. The school's 13.6:1 compares with an average of 14.4:1 for middle schools in Texas. The school has 75% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The 35% average for public schools in Denton County is 40 points lower.
Among Texas public middle schools, STEM Academy at Hedrick Middle School outscored 19%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
After adjusting for student poverty, STEM Academy at Hedrick Middle School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Texas schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 33.1%; the prediction is 41.6%.
In the surrounding county, Denton County, the median household earns about $111,498 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 49%, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Denton County has 267 public schools with about 175,222 students, including STEM Academy at Hedrick Middle School.
About 0.4 miles separate STEM Academy at Hedrick Middle School from the closest public school, Lillie J Jackson Early Childhood Center. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, STEM Academy at Hedrick Middle School is 6th of 7 nearby schools with test data.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, enrollment increased by 234 students, from 638 to 872. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 11.8:1; by 2024-25 it was 13.6:1.
This page is set up for the STEM Academy at Hedrick Middle School community to discuss open houses, carpools, and field trips. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Denton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
979,561
Census ACS
Median income
$111,498
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
267
175,222 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LEWISVILLE ISD
- Lewisville High SchoolHigh · 4,001 students
- Hebron High SchoolHigh · 3,668 students
- Flower Mound High SchoolHigh · 3,426 students
- Marcus High SchoolHigh · 2,998 students
- The Colony High SchoolHigh · 1,803 students
- Killian Middle SchoolMiddle · 997 students
Other schools in LEWISVILLE
- Lewisville High SchoolHigh · 4,001 students
- Premier H S OnlineHigh · 2,728 students
- Killian Middle SchoolMiddle · 997 students
- Founders Classical Academy - LewisvilleCombined · 912 students
- Independence Elementary SchoolElementary · 830 students
- Ischool Virtual Academy of TexasHigh · 778 students
Nearby schools
- Lillie J Jackson Early Childhood Center0.4 mi · 429
- Founders Classical Academy - Lewisville0.4 mi · 912
- Learning Center0.9 mi · 244
- Marjory Vickery Elementary School0.9 mi · 635
- North Texas Collegiate Academy-South Campus0.9 mi · 259
- Lewisville High School1.0 mi · 4,001
Frequently asked questions
About STEM Academy at Hedrick Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at STEM Academy at Hedrick Middle School?
STEM Academy at Hedrick Middle School enrolls approximately 872 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does STEM Academy at Hedrick Middle School serve?
STEM Academy at Hedrick Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at STEM Academy at Hedrick Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at STEM Academy at Hedrick Middle School is approximately 13.6:1 (64 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at STEM Academy at Hedrick Middle School?
At STEM Academy at Hedrick Middle School, the student body is approximately 10% White, 66% Hispanic, 8% Black, 13% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees STEM Academy at Hedrick Middle School?
STEM Academy at Hedrick Middle School is overseen by LEWISVILLE ISD in Denton County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.